#ReSNetSLT’s FINAL tweetchat of 2020 will take place on Wednesday, 25th November, 7:30pm-8:30pm.
We are linking in with the RCSLT 75th anniversary theme for December, focusing on “Future” and a time of looking forward.
Our chat this month will be led by Sophie Chalmers and Hazel Roddam, focusing on what the future may hold for implementation of research into practice.
We will guide the discussion around questions that will be based on two key papers:
- Capitalising on the transformational opportunities of early clinical academic career training for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (Cowley, A., Diver, C., Edgley, A. & Cooper, J., 2020) https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-020-02348-2 (open access)
- Implementation in rehabilitation: a road map for practitioners and researchers (Morris, J., Bernhardsson, B., Bird, M., Connell, L., Lynch, E., Jarvis, K., Kayes, N., Miller, K., Mudge, S. & Fisher, R.) which can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2019.1587013 (RCSLT members access via the RCSLT Journals Collection https://rcslt.org/members/research/journals)
The first paper explored the experiences of early career clinical academics. The paper highlights that treating education and research only for transactional value (that is, what you can get, and not about what you can give) is a danger.
The paper uses qualitative analysis of interviews held with early research clinical academics to reveal two key themes relating to transformational opportunities of these roles: ‘identify transformation’ and ‘operationalising transformation’.
Identify transformation is described as how individuals experienced changes to their clinical and personal identity and how they viewed themselves, including the changes in resilience, tenacity, acting on criticism, embracing academic concepts, and working outside of their comfort zones.
Operationalising transformation is described as the challenges and opportunities when putting new skills into use for example: critiquing existing practice, considering practice change and evaluation, knowing how to approach clinical questions and answer clinical problems.
It was highlighted that this required negotiation from the organisation to provide opportunities for individuals to use their newly found skills in such ways.
The second paper by Morris et al. provides a useful introduction and guidance to implementation science for rehabilitation researchers and practitioners.
Implementation science is a field of research which concerns learning how to translate and embed research evidence into practice to improve health outcomes.
This paper creates a helpful ‘roadmap’ analogy of interconnected stages, which supports the exploration, implementation and sustainability of evidence-informed practices.
The roadmap contains practical stages of the implementation journey and a table of ‘processes’ to aid selection of the most appropriate tool, explained through clinically relevant examples.
The #ReSNetSLT tweetchat questions will be guided by both papers:
- What are your experiences of being a research-active clinician/clinical-academic/early career researcher, and do any of Cowley et al’s themes relating to ‘identity’ or ‘operationalising’ transformation resonate with you?
- Using these papers, what approaches can we practicably use to implement research into practice in the planning, influencing practice and monitoring phases? Can you share any experiences of implementing research into your practice this year?
- How can we measure the impact of clinical research activity or clinical-academic roles on patient care? What experiences or comments can you share?
- What will YOU do next year to enhance the implementation of research in your practice? What resources might you use to do this?
Please answer our POLL and then share your comments to help us plan for #ReSNetSLT2021. Thank you!!
How would YOU like to engage with #ReSNetSLT in 2021?
- I want to write a blog piece for ReSNetSLT’s website.
- I would like help running my own #ReSNetSLT tweetchat.
- I would like to discuss a specific clinical area (please state in other!).
- I would like a guided critical appraisal of papers discussed.
- I would like opportunities to chat with authors about their paper.
- I would like some guidance on early research skills.
Other suggestions ….